PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Duo ipsum sed sadipscing euismod diam dolores vel duo adipiscing aliquyam diam. Aliquyam possim clita autem. Augue voluptua commodo est augue rebum ipsum gubergren dolor lorem sed gubergren eum iriure accusam augue diam gubergren sed. Dolor dolores justo invidunt eos duo clita aliquam nam ut. Diam imperdiet elitr elit commodo vero nonummy takimata duis dolor nulla tempor. Gubergren in amet.
Sample Output H3
Ut voluptua euismod gubergren et. Kasd sanctus dolor et autem dolor et eirmod et ut. Rebum lorem et vulputate esse. Dignissim rebum consetetur vero nulla et voluptua ea dolor. Quis et no vel magna dolore dolores illum sadipscing duis illum stet vel erat. Sit dolor in diam sit invidunt labore dolore et no aliquyam. Et magna eos et duo consetetur ullamcorper tincidunt lorem commodo amet tation dolor est ea. Diam gubergren eos diam amet ut ipsum dolore lorem lorem.
Stet elitr nonumy exerci dolor voluptua illum sit molestie gubergren quis aliquip ut sadipscing tincidunt euismod sit. Vel ullamcorper odio. Lorem gubergren clita sed no dolore iriure placerat. Lorem eos volutpat. Takimata at tation sanctus elitr odio kasd kasd adipiscing enim ipsum ut sit euismod et aliquyam accusam consetetur. Est in tation erat voluptua consetetur amet sit. Dolor amet ipsum sit diam dolore consequat ea clita iriure dolor ipsum no accumsan dignissim ad et takimata. Sea invidunt te minim accusam sed clita dolor justo. Dolore clita at dignissim qui.
Sample Output H4
Dolores at et duo est no ipsum voluptua voluptua hendrerit autem justo dolor labore sadipscing. Lobortis sadipscing sanctus lobortis dolore. Qui elitr option dolores dolores erat amet et et sed gubergren ea dolor voluptua elitr no. Diam vero amet erat justo illum eirmod ad consequat et takimata diam diam nihil. Sed et odio vero justo in ut diam sea erat quod est no.
Dolores delenit commodo. Erat dolore aliquyam ipsum duo et amet ex ea. Takimata nonumy diam nostrud ex vero tincidunt nonumy et justo ipsum justo. Gubergren gubergren voluptua rebum diam amet. Eos nibh eirmod tempor aliquam ipsum diam at tempor dolores esse. At magna dolor sed lorem vero. Eos illum consetetur erat voluptua hendrerit at nostrud. Tempor mazim sit voluptua sadipscing takimata. Delenit sit justo.
Sample Output H4
Sit ex invidunt amet ut rebum amet tempor sea lorem. Molestie illum stet ea erat et vel feugiat. Est takimata tempor euismod. Minim quis dolores amet sanctus erat labore molestie voluptua esse magna elitr aliquyam tincidunt at labore dolore ea. Ut nostrud quis et elitr vulputate dolore laoreet. Invidunt erat sea stet tempor erat sea. Nonummy elitr dolor et aliquam labore est imperdiet labore tempor ipsum. Luptatum nulla delenit elitr ipsum no nulla ipsum magna eros sanctus sed takimata consetetur dolore erat diam ipsum. Eleifend dolores sed. Consectetuer stet amet dolore eirmod sadipscing dolore no.
Lorem no diam luptatum dolores ea volutpat labore sadipscing at dolores tempor kasd rebum clita diam. Aliquam wisi eos accusam velit quis duo et duis duis imperdiet. Tincidunt illum commodo diam stet facilisis invidunt sit rebum tincidunt laoreet et dolores. Labore eos duis soluta iusto justo ipsum dolores et duis facilisis in ullamcorper volutpat veniam wisi ut diam accusam. Duo no amet dolore duis ut. Et clita sed elitr et est zzril et consetetur tempor consetetur vero in amet iusto et.
Sample Output H3
Est et qui diam rebum eos invidunt vel placerat diam. Accumsan at justo dolores eros kasd vero sed qui nonumy erat gubergren sed dolores rebum veniam erat erat congue. Dolor kasd gubergren minim lorem iriure gubergren dolor duo takimata magna adipiscing eum eleifend lorem sed no takimata. Molestie et elitr in justo blandit sanctus diam sadipscing amet elit takimata kasd sadipscing no lorem vel. Et stet ut vel diam iusto diam sea diam esse. Stet voluptua dolor eos erat ea delenit duo vulputate accumsan consetetur ipsum veniam sit. Voluptua sit lorem lorem dolores dolor takimata vero. Amet dolores ipsum nonumy eirmod exerci clita feugiat diam velit aliquyam amet erat labore eirmod erat feugiat nulla takimata. Aliquyam ea in ea dolore. Diam sea dignissim sit eos takimata ipsum duo diam stet amet et option erat. Esse eros erat accusam odio diam et nulla suscipit sanctus facer amet stet aliquam.
Nihil rebum eirmod illum lorem takimata diam rebum accumsan sit. Takimata sed vel qui dolore diam adipiscing amet ullamcorper sed ipsum vero eos consetetur doming. Nonumy commodo diam. Rebum ipsum molestie amet illum tation stet diam at accusam. Augue euismod illum gubergren.
Sample Output H4
Tempor nostrud et dolore hendrerit iriure stet zzril est molestie at feugait consetetur kasd eum dolor veniam dolor no. Gubergren vero nonumy sed suscipit dolore ut. Ut praesent eirmod consequat takimata sit sea sadipscing enim erat erat tincidunt stet tempor. Diam tempor dolor elit gubergren labore erat ea ipsum dolor autem sit rebum et. Sit at takimata kasd delenit nam iriure elitr ipsum sadipscing ipsum lobortis ut nonumy gubergren ut augue eos aliquyam. Te ipsum consequat nulla nonumy velit soluta ut diam nonummy sit sed eos hendrerit sed magna. Invidunt sed dignissim eleifend sit ea ipsum lobortis duo te at at et invidunt diam labore. Lorem sadipscing nonumy autem. Diam lorem dolore erat gubergren.
Illum sed congue clita dolores kasd nobis consetetur eum autem accusam. Invidunt est aliquyam diam. Dolor dolor accumsan sadipscing magna tempor dolores elitr lorem stet eleifend praesent. Sit est nihil. Est enim iriure minim et nulla quod suscipit no consectetuer accusam elitr augue consequat kasd dolor tempor. Ipsum dolor sit sit illum adipiscing. Autem ipsum dolor nibh lobortis stet luptatum duo et lorem. Eu no rebum duis ea vel amet et amet ex vero vero lorem. Dolor justo tempor amet stet est ipsum rebum voluptua invidunt te mazim dolore in eirmod invidunt mazim lorem. Amet diam kasd invidunt ipsum eirmod amet ex. Tempor diam eos est dolore justo et dolor stet nonumy gubergren amet illum ea wisi consetetur diam.
Sample Output H4
Sadipscing sit lorem takimata ipsum at et aliquyam quis. Molestie sed vel ut est dolore invidunt sit eos. Diam invidunt consetetur kasd lorem amet takimata duo sadipscing tincidunt no delenit feugiat duis. Vero consectetuer et possim aliquyam no diam nonumy sed sed eos rebum sed ut takimata. Dolore illum et sanctus sed quod sadipscing odio takimata. Lorem et et iriure vel nonumy ut amet lorem rebum ipsum takimata consetetur velit facilisis. Dolores et eos magna ut sea dolore sit gubergren ea dolores.
Magna esse sed dolore diam. Ea duis ex sadipscing ipsum erat sed kasd dolor euismod at sed. Commodo rebum nonummy gubergren option. Dolores sadipscing ea esse et ut consetetur sanctus labore duo quod elitr. Amet stet takimata magna magna diam et dolor. Lorem mazim ut ut facilisi in et dolor et dolor aliquyam vulputate kasd erat consequat.
More Sample Output H2
Suscipit no amet in sadipscing ut stet duo elitr dolore elitr. Dolor et elit tincidunt hendrerit consetetur. Accusam eu stet laoreet ut dolore sit ea clita ut est luptatum tincidunt accusam no ipsum kasd ut. Takimata takimata rebum sit eleifend lobortis labore dolores sed vero duo. Vulputate lorem facer accusam est placerat lobortis luptatum diam dolor lorem no lorem invidunt dolores duo. Stet ipsum aliquam justo diam tempor molestie vero minim dolore rebum.
Lorem diam sadipscing ut amet vel labore justo est kasd tincidunt erat voluptua no ipsum nonumy. Delenit placerat dolores aliquam lorem vero ipsum kasd. Et duo rebum vero gubergren velit zzril clita elitr stet ea nulla et in. Quod et dolore amet est rebum. Et duo sit dolores elitr labore nonummy amet blandit sit et eos eum et est aliquyam consectetuer labore duo. Dolores nostrud vero. Et lorem dolores erat. Luptatum ipsum sanctus duo eirmod labore sit. Diam eos aliquyam ea elitr te et takimata amet facilisi ea dolor invidunt nonumy kasd invidunt amet. Sadipscing nostrud elitr suscipit nonumy. Lorem erat tempor elitr nobis nonumy sea magna no ipsum elitr odio.
Sample Output H3
At rebum tempor ipsum labore aliquyam delenit no lobortis eros sadipscing et labore voluptua. Dolor tempor accusam consetetur stet eirmod stet facilisi. Eos takimata autem accusam consetetur dolore minim exerci. Lorem molestie sed sea sadipscing et sea molestie nonumy feugait sed eirmod dolore eirmod dolore possim voluptua dolores. Nonummy eum sadipscing sit sed elitr eum nonummy feugiat sanctus wisi eos.
Accusam dolore nonumy magna consetetur sadipscing amet invidunt laoreet ipsum est erat stet elitr. Et magna lorem delenit erat aliquyam et dolore quis diam et enim duis amet vel eum dignissim blandit erat. Voluptua dolor no dolore vero volutpat elitr duo sed sea stet nihil dolor exerci magna. Diam nibh luptatum eos wisi vel duis diam consetetur consetetur et vero magna. Soluta eu et rebum exerci et.
Sample Output H4
Lorem quod lobortis accusam et ipsum elitr molestie amet est stet. Wisi amet dolores et eum in dolore feugiat tempor autem commodo dolores iusto eos ut praesent rebum esse. Gubergren eirmod in ut sea. Te sit sed volutpat euismod sadipscing duo. Et takimata tation duis takimata duo et diam no blandit. Amet invidunt et gubergren erat sea eos eum elitr ex diam at sadipscing te voluptua tempor est molestie. Magna aliquip magna eirmod. Autem et diam diam dignissim voluptua et erat et in stet.
Diam lorem sit ipsum et no voluptua nonumy labore lorem dolores. Magna lorem tempor ipsum. Sanctus sed velit dolore stet stet et et diam ea lorem ipsum dolor ea eu esse. Ea takimata elit sed justo dolore kasd praesent consectetuer sit. Exerci esse imperdiet soluta magna ut sanctus ipsum eos et sed dolor diam et accusam. Diam in ipsum duis lorem ea takimata molestie erat et sadipscing et. Tincidunt sed congue clita clita quod takimata justo kasd duo aliquip consetetur labore veniam in invidunt accusam. Takimata et no ut sed molestie ipsum. Consetetur dolore stet aliquam magna hendrerit nonumy tempor dolores aliquam ipsum vero ea autem dolore quod iriure accumsan zzril.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum quis nihil sea veniam ea amet lorem velit stet ea gubergren gubergren ea sed sanctus vero invidunt et. Magna amet sanctus facilisi. Sanctus rebum sit amet sed duo justo magna et diam ipsum sit zzril. Vero diam lorem sed ut et rebum sanctus amet ut ipsum dolor iusto. Consectetuer est no nulla nonumy. Odio ipsum amet assum ea et erat. Consetetur gubergren magna sed stet feugiat vel.
Amet dolor sea dolor lorem justo. Eum eirmod ad rebum nonummy kasd no diam id est enim est nonumy. Ipsum dolore est commodo stet ex ipsum elit diam. Eirmod ut vero vero et. Et accusam labore dolore takimata quis dolore dolore duo.
Sample Output H3
Dolore nonummy takimata lorem ea at eirmod dolor tation lorem justo invidunt sit diam labore lorem nisl no. Et volutpat sea amet et. Tempor duo tempor tempor euismod eos. Minim facilisi et amet dolore sea eos no invidunt. Magna et eos ut et ea mazim exerci. Sanctus takimata eros consetetur esse sit at stet amet te labore et magna adipiscing illum aliquyam dolore et labore. Stet invidunt amet assum amet. Illum in voluptua diam ea no gubergren. Ut feugiat diam stet erat amet sea ullamcorper at duo ut. Amet autem velit delenit accusam et sea gubergren est magna.
Ipsum sadipscing dolor magna consetetur elitr doming accusam est eum sit et amet lorem clita dolores takimata voluptua. Nobis duo est nonumy sit nonumy et sit amet et et sit ea eirmod sit duis dolor. Nostrud clita invidunt et. Ex sanctus consequat lorem lorem sed in sanctus ipsum stet. Magna accusam sadipscing eu duo sadipscing ea amet zzril ipsum facer elitr magna ipsum. Duis wisi tempor no no voluptua dolor diam sit et et vero magna sanctus est. Elit assum laoreet consectetuer aliquyam sanctus sit eu aliquam dolor elitr takimata eleifend stet rebum. Sit amet sed sea in facilisi volutpat sanctus consetetur et elitr amet dolor dolor. Vulputate iriure dolore gubergren iusto in possim et no laoreet est dolor gubergren magna aliquam esse magna. Diam nihil magna erat sit kasd eos accusam et molestie.
Sample Output H4
Ut adipiscing duo stet dolores eu dolore ipsum diam augue. Autem amet cum sed sed labore at sed. Lorem erat vero est invidunt gubergren duis accusam tempor nobis amet dolor ullamcorper nonumy molestie sadipscing dolore. Erat sadipscing est dignissim magna eirmod sanctus dolor dolor kasd rebum sit. Facer aliquyam ut clita et takimata.
At aliquyam gubergren dolores in dolor lorem elitr et. Eos ut aliquyam. Rebum eos et. At ipsum labore consectetuer eirmod sea sed eum lorem facer erat et nonumy invidunt ea. Ut dolor amet cum esse dolore. Voluptua et duis ullamcorper consetetur diam id et eum sit sea vel consequat exerci elitr vero ipsum voluptua. Consequat dolore hendrerit tempor doming. Invidunt eos dolor vel sed dolore ipsum consetetur sit sea. Eros labore sit sanctus consetetur vero at nonumy dolore et amet magna nonummy justo sadipscing.
Sample Output H4
Soluta lorem ut in. Et sea dolores ipsum. Aliquam diam sed esse commodo justo dignissim. Justo erat takimata ipsum vero. Dolore ea ea duo elitr kasd dolore invidunt ipsum exerci sed sed. Dolor at clita nonumy eirmod elitr nulla tincidunt euismod diam labore ut amet gubergren dolor ut. Duo eirmod aliquyam sed lorem invidunt sea exerci voluptua et ipsum molestie dolor nulla. Tation luptatum labore elitr facilisi diam ipsum sed zzril diam no at magna duo.
Erat kasd et sea voluptua kasd sit dolor. Est autem clita. Sed sed eum sadipscing in. At takimata gubergren eleifend sea sit et labore dolores iriure kasd vero at. Accumsan et aliquam est et invidunt ea dignissim invidunt ipsum molestie kasd. Sanctus invidunt amet sit luptatum vero diam ipsum kasd justo aliquyam lorem. Est gubergren nonummy ipsum sed clita vero ipsum consetetur quis invidunt eros accusam est.